(1) What is the authority / mandate of HRDC4?

-  To formulate a Regional Research Agenda; To promote health research among member institutions; To network with national research organization; To attain sustainability in Region IV programs / projects.

-  Regulate and ensure that every health researches will benefit the community and the researchers themselves.

-  To collaborate with each other; to coordinate researches / integrate researches; to serve as repository of researches in health

-  Lead in the health research activities of Region 4

-  To support the program of the PNHRS; to build sustainable regional programs or research according to the needs of the region; to ensure that the different consortium (amongst Region 4 stakeholders) will lead its research arms to propagate more intense research that are health related.

-  To promote health related researches in the region. To collaborate with other HEI's, organizations, and to various stakeholders in the information dissemination of health related research outputs.

-  Coordinate and integrate health research activities in the region

(2) What is my role in HRDC4?

-  To acquaint stakeholders about some health related problems within the region; To push for more relevant research culture on health related issue; To establish common dialogue among different government agencies, NGO's, PO's with regards to health issues.

-  Promote research in my institution; do / participate health researches

-  Initiate and promote health related research in my institution and the inclusion of health researchers in our institutional research agenda.

-  PERSONAL: to inform colleagues of such consortia which can assist them on topics, funding, available researchers, etc?

-  Conducts research (i.e. ante and ex - post) on health related research

-  Involve myself to health researches and attend every consultation with the consortium

-  (1) Personally support research efforts of members / member institutions; (2) To provide assistance, technical or otherwise, to new members; (3) To instill commitment to research among students / future researchers.

(3) What is the role of RHRDC4?

-  Support - in terms of funding of research proposals; (2) Advance training to researchers; (3) Support in terms of presentation of research findings to different stakeholders.

-  Guidance

-  Resource Mobilization for health related research

-  (1) Financial Support; (2) Pool of experts in research, research management; (3) Assistance in research dissemination / transaction

-  (1) To support the basic agenda / research of the HRDC Region 4 regarding health; (2) Update the HRDC Region 4 with regards to the programs of the government regarding health issues and any related topic.

(4) What are your expectations in the RHRDC4?

-  Coordinate with PNHRS matters concerning health researches and facilitate them according to priority.

-  (1) Direction - to give direction to health researches; (2) Adjudication; (3) Funding Sources; (4) To act as consultative body

-  Role of consortium in PNHRS: Feedback on problems, barriers / facilitator in the implementation of researches

-  Provide support in all endeavors of PNHRS

-  Support the PNHRS in the fulfillment of its vision and mission

-  Commitment to actively participate in the health conduct of related research on national priorities

-  (1) Promotion of national research agenda; (2) Pool of researches from Region IV; (3) Provide research leadership for Region IV

-  (1) To support the programs and activities of the PNHRS; (2) Submit to the PNHRS, related research that may help the PNHRS

-  Full support from PNHRS should be expected in terms of finances, resources, access to community and researchers' welfare

(5) How would you like to be monitored / evaluated?

  (1) Submission of activities to PNHRS; (2) Monitoring of its strategic plans annually, (3) Year end workshops

  In terms of research output / year; in terms of improvement in the indices of morbidity / mortality of diseases identified within the research agenda

-  If possible, it should be self - monitoring and self-evaluation; a set towards self - sufficiency and autonomy

-  Regular consultation and creating discussion of the research study.

-  Online Consultation; regular meetings to give updates

-  (1) Submission of activities; (2) Check health related research; (3) Workshops; (4) Regional Consultation

-  Conduct of Annual meeting through a conference where all health research outputs are presented.

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Support provided by the consortium for the researcher is felt or facilitative?

Not Sure

-  There is support in terms of seminars, ethics review board.

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as the consortium oriented you on how to access funds? Is there funds provided by PNHRS to fund researches?

YES

Is the researches are big time researchers? Is there funding available for students and professional research?

The grant for research is for graduate students in partner with faculty. In order for them to be encouraged to go into research.

The money available through the consortium is less than 100,000.

Can we go beyond the RUHRA?

YES